Economic Impacts of a Carbon Tax on the Australian Tourism Industry

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-155

  Dwyer, Larry ^a   Forsyth, Peter ^b   Spurr, Ray ^a   Hoque, Serajul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian tourism; carbon tax; climate change; computable general equilibrium model; economic impacts

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LEISURE INDUSTRY; MACROECONOMICS; POLLUTION TAX; RECREATIONAL POLICY; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84873941981     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287512461568     Document Type: Article

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